Connecticut's Department of Labor will receive $3,392,350 from the U.S. Department of Labor to subsidize on-the-job training or pay for career counseling and placement.

The grant comes with an additional $175,000 aimed at improving the department's internal performance. The announcement Wednesday from Washington said the federal government is disbursing $154.8 million in grants to 32 states, Puerto Rico and the Cherokee nation in this round of grants.

This follows a separate program announced last week, where the U.S. Department of Labor awarded $1 million to Community Partners in Action in Hartford to help ex-offenders find jobs. That round of grants totaled $74 million.